Bottle-washing machine.



Patented Oct. 22";l 190|.

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BUTTLE WASHING MACHINE.y

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(Application tiled Aug. 28, 1900.)

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J. G. HEHB. BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

(Applicatiomfled Aug'. 28, 1900.)

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UNJITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHAN GEORGE HEHR, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA..

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

sPEc'IFIcATroN forming part ofv Letters ate'nt No. 685,138, dated 'october 22, 1901.

- Applioatin filed August 28, 1900. Serial No. 28,267'. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern: Y

Be itknown that I, JOHAN GEORGE HEHE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings,\vl1ich make part of this specification, Figure Iis a vertical section on line I I of Fig. .IIL Fig. II is a detail view, partly in section, showing the springs and double cam. Fig. III is a vertical section on line III III of Fig. I; Fig. IV is a detail view of the levers for operating the bottle and pipe raising cams. The object of myinvention,generallystated,

is to provide meansl for the economical and expeditious scrubbing, Washing, and rinsing of bottles or similar articles.

1 represents a stationary tank, having lid 2 and foot-rests 3 3.

4 is arevolving frame, having lid 5 and hubs 6 6, said hubs being secured to hollow shaft 7 by means of set-screws 6 6.

8 8 are racks resting on lugs 8 8.

9 9 are bottles resting in the compartments 82 82 of the crates 8 8.

10 10 are spring or elastic packers secured to the lid 5 and pressing on the bottoms of bottles 9 9.

11 11 are shot-holders flared outwardly at their mouths 11' 11'.

112 112 are perforations in the shoteholders, through which the Water'can escape. These perforations are smaller than the diameter ot' the shot 12.

113 113 are sleeve projections acting as guides for the water-exit pipes 13 13.

14 14 are guides for shot cut-off valves 15 15, said valves having ports 15 15'.

16 16 are levers movingin the slots 152 152 and operating the valves 15 15. These levers are secured to shaftm17, said shaft having its bearings in the sides of the revolving frame 4.

17 is a leverhandle attached to the end of shaft 17, by which the valves 15 15 are opened and closed.

18 18 are branch supply-pipes feeding Wafter to exit-pipes 13 13 and receiving their source of supply from hollow shaft 7by means of flexible tubular connections 19 and pipe 20./

21 is a lever-bar pivotally attached to one side of revolving frame 4 by means of bolt 21". 22 22 are side lever-arms pivotally connected to the lever-bar 21 above its axis and secured to crank-arms 23 23 at their outer ends. The crank-arms 23" 23 are keyed to shafts 24 24. Keyed also to shafts *'24 24 are cranks 25 25.l Pivotally connected to their outer ends by bolts 25 25 are hangers 26 26. These hangers 26 26 raise and lower the pipes 1,8 18 and their connections. Under the pipes 1818 and secured to the hangers 26 26 are sup'- ports 27 27, on which the pipes 18 18 rest.

27 27 are pins for forcing the pipes down.

Secured to4 one endof stationarytank 1 by means of flanges 28 28 and bolts 282 282 is frame 28. 28 by means of bolts 29' 29. p

30 is a collar projection of double cam 29.

31 and 31 are respectivelyaloose and keyed pulley.

32 is 'a buffer-spring.

33 is a collar secured to the hollow shaft 7.

3434 are rollers for reducing the friction in the longitudinally-reciprocating movement `of' the hollow shaft -7.

.35 is a check-collar.

36 is a spiral spring for forcing the sinygle -faced cam 37 into the serrations 292 of the double cam 29. Saidv cam 37 is keyed on shaft 7.'

38 is a loose coupling for connecting the stationary pipe 39 and the hollow shaft 7.

To operate my invention, catches 40 and r41 of lids 2 and 5 are opened and the lids 2 and 5 are raised and turned back on their hinges 42 and 43. The racks 8 8, containing bottles 9 9, are lowered onto projections 8 8', while the heads of the bottles 9 9 rest in the mouths 11 11 of the shot-holders 11 11. The bottles now being in position in the revolving frame, lid 5 is then brought down and fastened by means of latch 40 pressing the springs or other elastic packers 10 10 down on the bottoms of bottles 9 9, thereby holding the bottles 9 9 steady during the operation of scrubbing the interior and dousing the exterior of the bottles 9 9. Lid 2 is then lowered and fastened by means of latch 41. The bottles 9 9 now being secured in the revolving frame 4, water is turned into the stationary pipe 39 and passes through the hollow tube 7 into Double cam 29 is bolted to frame IOO the flexible tube 19, through pipe 2O into branch connections 18 1S, through exit-pipes 13 13, into shot-boxes 11 11, and bottles 9 9. The shaft 7 is given a halfturn, which changes the position of the bottles 9 9 to the reverse, as shown in Fig. I, and while the bottles 9 9 remain in that position, with their heads up, the shot 12 12 will fall into them. Power is transmitted by a belt through the keyed pulley-wheel 31 to the hollow shaft 7, turning the frame 4 and carrying the bottles 9 9 around with the hollow shaft 7. While the hollow shaft 7 is revolving it also receives a longitudinally-reeiprocating movement by means of the double cam 29 and spiralspring 36, forcing the cam 37 inwardly, where it meets the serrations 292. The longitudinal axes of the bottles 9 9 do not coincide with lines radiating from the shaft 7 as a center. The action of centrifugal force in lodging the shot 12 12 at the `bottoms of the bottles 9 9 would occur on a true swing around the axle, while in my device the shot is greatly agitated and is thrown with force against the sides and bottoms of the bottles 9 9, causing a scouring or scrubbing olf of the film of starchy substance and such refuse as is usually found in bottles to be refilled. While the interior portions of the bottles 9 9 are being scrubbed the exterior portions are being repeatedly donsed in water 'contained in the tank 1, preferably up to the level of the shaft 7. After the bottles 9 9 have been shotted and left in the position shown in Fig. III lids 2 and 5 are raised. In the meantime the shot 12 12 have fallen into theirholder 11 11 and the bottles are ready to be rinsed.

By referring to Fig. IV and assuming the levers to be in position as indicated by the dotted lines, which position would be the same for all parts, as described in Figs. I or III, the operator draws the lever-bar 21 over to the position indicated by full lines. The said movement of lever-bar 21 causes the side lever-arms 22 22 to turn shafts 24 24 through their connections, crank-arms 23 23, causing cranks 25 25 to move upwardly, lifting the hangers 26 26. The hangers 26 26 through the supports 27 27, attached thereto under the branch pipes 18 18, raise the said branch pipes 18 18 and their connection, while still permitting the water to flow through them by means of the flexible tubular connections 19. The exit-pipes 13 13 enter the necks of the bottles 9 9, and the flow of the water from said exit-pipes 13 13 thoroughly rinses the interiors of the bottles 9 9. When the leverbar 21 is drawn to the position as indicated by full lines through the same means as heretofore described, it also brings into contact with the bottoms of the racks 8 8 lifters 44 44, which raise the racks 8 8, said racks carrying the bottles 9 9 upward until their heads are out of the mouths 11 11 of the shot-holders 11 11, which permits the bottles to be more thoroughly rinsed. After the bottles are rinsed the water-supply is cut off, lever-bar 21 reversed to its nominal position, racks and bottles removed, and the machine is ready for its next charge. I have also provided means for closing the exit of the' shot-holders 11 11 to keep the shot 12 from falling out of the holders 1l 11 when necessary to repair the machine. I do not, however, limit myinvention to the shot-holders 11 11 being open while the machine is in operation, for, assum ing the lid 2 to be raised and the bottles held in position, as shown in Fig. III, and the water passing into bottles 9 9, by making a half-revolution of the frame 4, bringing the bottle-neck upward, the shot 12 would pass into the bottles 9 9. Then by turning leverhandle 17' it would turn shaft 17 and cause lever 16 16 to slide the valve 15 15, closing ports 15, keeping the shot and water in the bottle while being shotted.

I do not limit my invention to the exact means and methods described; but

Vhat I desire to claim, broadly, is-

1. In a bottle-washing machine, a tank, a shaft revolving in said tank, a frame attached to said shaft carrying shot-holders, and means for securing bottles thereto parallel with a plane of the axis of said shaft and in engagement with the shot-holders, and for raising them out of the mouths of said shot-holders.

2. In a bottle-washing machine the combination of a tank; a rotatable hollow shaft secured in said tank; a frame secured on said shaft; a rack secured in said frame; a shotholder secured in said frame; a pipe guided in said shot-holder, a fiexible coupling between said hollow shaft and said pipe and means for raising and lowering said pipe.

Signed at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, this 23d day of August, 1900.

JOHAN GEORGE IIEIIR.

Vitnesses:

EDWARD A. LAWRENCE, GEo. H. HARVEY.

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